Zorach Marble Sculpture

The lotus sculpture story to have the opportunity to travel to india to hear the stories of the mahabharata epic the vedas the bhagavad gita and the upanishads from a brahmin priest.

Zorach marble sculpture.

To have a discussion about the bronze casting process with the family who has spent the past four months of their time casting a nataraja in bronze. William zorach marble sculpture mother and child all items. Make offer carved marble vintage abstract goose modernist mid century modern art sculpture vtg 80 s lowery s gallery art tile girl with gift asian wall art signed lowery 495 95. Carved from tennessee marble the work retains a sense of the weight and mass of the stone.

William zorach attributed american 1887 1966 a carved marble sculpture of a reclining nude. The stylized female portrait sits atop a dark marble base and draws attention to the contrast between the two types of stone. Zorach s sculpture depicts a favorite subject of his his daughter dahlov embracing one of the family s cats. Resting on a conforming painted faux marble wood base.

His family members were frequent subjects as were the family pets and much of zorach s art explores nuances of human emotion. Pre 1960 item 1144989 stock m 2176 click for details lockston timeless antiques and art 120 000 00 mother and child marble sculpture signed and dated by william zorach 1887 1966. General description though its subject comes from greek mythology william zorach s demeter represents the modern sculptural movement toward simplicity. It was one of the artist s biggest successes and one enthusiastic critic judged it one of the finest sculptures ever done in this country lansford art digest march 15 1947.

Zorach s works can be found in numerous private corporate and public collections across the country including such acclaimed locales as the smithsonian american art museum the museum of fine arts boston the metropolitan museum of art the whitney museum of art the national gallery of art radio city music hall the currier museum of art joslyn art museum as well as numerous college and university collections. William zorach created victoryto memorialize the 1944allied victory over german forces after d day.